PSY 1101 Chapter Notes -Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Frontal Lobe

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

The science of behaviour (what we do) and mental processes (sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts beliefs and feelings) that occur within the brain. Strong smells to lure uterus back to its spot. Came up with the idea that abstinence was the cause. Reasoned that you can will the body to do something intentional. Believed that there was a gland in the brain, when wanted to will some behaviour you could tilt it through will power spilling fluid into the muscles and the body allowing you to move. The mind is not a spiritual entity of the physical world. Everything is subject to the physical world and the laws of nature. Come into the world knowing nothing (tabula rosa) Every part gives rise to a different perception. Stimulation in different areas causes different reactions/colours/frequency of sound depending on what part of the brain is active. Ablation = removal of parts of brains of animals to see how it affects their function.